Bikepaths are an integral part of the bicycle transportation network,
and these reports are provided to encourage their use by bicyclists who
might otherwise not venture out in the snow, and to encourage their proper
maintenance (which includes snow plowing) by the responsible agencies
given in bold type below.

As of 10:00 am on March 12, 1999, with snow still falling,
here are the conditions of the bikepaths of Boston, Brookline,
and Cambridge. Please send updates and reports on the conditions of
other paths in Massachusetts to Doug Mink
dmink@cfa.harvard.edu.

Arnold Arboretum1.5 miles of park roads which are mostly closed to automobile traffic
with no intersectionsBoston Parks and Harvard University

Two plows were working on the roads as
I rode through. From the Walter St. entrance along Bussey
Brook, there is still ice under the snow which the plows
didn't get. It was ridable for this ice biker, however.

It wasn't plowed from the rotary to
Perkins St. when I was there, and snow was already drifting
into the bikepath, so I rode on the pedestrian path which
was swept clear by the wind. The path WAS freshly plowed
from Perkins St. all the way to Route 9. Near Daisy Field,
where it was drifted shut by last week's storm, the path
was clearer than it has been for a week. There is still a
snow cover, though. I expect that the whole path will have
been plowed at least once by the evening commute.